Courses Offered at Rutgers Law School's Newark Location
- REQUIRED COURSES
- OPTIONAL FIRST-YEAR COURSES
- UPPER-CLASS ELECTIVE COURSES
- UPPER-CLASS SEMINARS
- SKILLS COURSES
- CLINICS
- STUDENT JOURNALS
- MOOT COURT COMPETITIONS
- EXTERNSHIP AND FIELD PLACEMENTS
- INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND ASSISTANTSHIPS
- INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES
- STUDY ABROAD
Civil Procedure Credits: 4 |
Constitutional Law Credits: 4 |
Contracts Credits: 4 |
Criminal Law Credits: 4 |
Critical Legal Analysis Credits: 3 Critical Legal Analysis is designed to improve students’ ability to deconstruct legal rules, to explain and evaluate the significance of facts, to thoroughly support conclusions of law, and to effectively organize content. These skills are critical in applying law to the hypothetical questions typical of both law school and bar exams. The hands-on learning methodology used in the course will include in-class analytical and writing work in both individual and group settings. Critical Legal Analysis is a required course for some students. The course helps students develop their legal reasoning and analysis skills and improve their ability to communicate clear and well supported reasoning through legal writing. We work on critical legal reading, identifying legal rules and principles, organized and clear legal writing, using facts appropriately, and much more. |
Legal Analysis, Writing & Research Skills I & II Credits: 5 |
Property Credits: 4 |
Torts Credits: 4 |
Law and Inequality Pilot (First Year Elective Course) 1 Non-Course Credit Various Faculty United States criminal and civil legal systems have created and maintained doctrines and procedural rules that discriminate against Black people, Indigenous communities, people of color, women, immigrants, and other marginalized communities. Understanding pervasive structural inequality and persistent racism, and the law’s role in perpetuating these conditions, is essential to lawyer competency. Faculty teaching this small section class will select and publish a particular topic related to inequality as a focus for their respective class section. Topics may include property, the criminal legal system, reproductive justice, education, citizenship and immigration, international law, technology or other topics. Faculty may employ a variety of educational modalities, including readings, reflective writings, discussion, inter-disciplinary materials, visits to historical sites, guest lectures, exercises and other activities. Assigned materials will invite students to reflect on issues of racial justice, structural inequality, identity, cultural context and cultural competency among other topics. Class assignments and activities will encourage the development of anti-racist and critical perspectives on legal doctrine, procedural rules and justice system outcomes. |
Applicants should understand that the curriculum frequently undergoes revision. By the time that they enter the second or third year at the law school, it is likely that the curriculum may have changed somewhat from that set forth below.
Administrative Law Credits: 3 |
Admiralty Law Credits: 3 |
Advanced Civil Procedure Credits: 2 |
Advanced Contracts Advanced Contracts will explore several important topics in the law of contracts that are heavily tested on the bar exam each year but that the introductory 4-credit contracts course does not cover. These issues include the recognized defenses to contract formation (misrepresentation, fraud, duress, undue influence, and unconscionability); circumstances when contracts can be voided for other reasons (misunderstanding, mistake, and changed circumstances); the important concepts of material breach, substantial performance, and anticipatory repudiation; calculating damages in the law of contracts; the assignment of contractual rights and delegation of contractual duties; and the rights of third parties beneficiaries in contract law. The problems this course covers are more complex and business-orientated than in the basic contracts course, and many of these issues are not covered anywhere else in the curriculum. Students who enroll in this course will be introduced to these topics, will learn how to recognize them when they appear in essay and multiple choice questions, and will learn how to solve problems involving them. |
Advanced Contracts: TV Production Credits: 2 |
Advanced Legal Research Seminar Credits: 2 |
Advanced Legal Writing for Motion Practice Credits: 2 |
Advanced Legislative Advocacy: A Living Laboratory Credits: 2 |
Advanced Metropolitan Equity Credits: 3 |
Advanced Torts Credits: 2 |
American Legal History Credits: 3 |
Animal Law/Animal Rights: Theory and Practice Credits: 3 |
Antitrust Credits: 3 (plus a 1-credit co-requisite practicum) |
Asset Management Regulation Credits: 3 |
Aviation Accident Law Credits: 2 |
Bankruptcy Credits: 3 |
Business Organizations Credits: 4 |
Business Torts and Intellectual Property Credits: 3 |
Canadian Legal System Credits: 3 |
Charitable Nonprofit Organizations Credits: 2 |
Citizenship and Nationality Law Credits: 2 The course examines questions regarding a) the attribution, acquisition and loss of national citizenship status and b) the significance of the status’s possession or lack thereof for rights and recognition. Through readings in law, policy and legal theory, the course will cover: territorial birthright citizenship, citizenship by descent, naturalization, denaturalization, expatriation, plural citizenship, citizenship in subnational, quasi-national and extra-national locales, and the relationship between citizenship status and various rights and benefits within nation-states. The course focuses, in significant part, on citizenship law in the United States, and pays extensive attention to its constitutional dimensions. However, we will also consider citizenship and nationality questions in comparative and international perspective. |
Class Actions & Complex Litigation Credits: 3 |
Commercial Law Credits: 4 |
Common Law Capstone Credits: 4 |
Comparative International Legal Regimes Credits: 3 |
Conflict of Laws Credits: 3 |
Constitutional Law II Credits: 3 or 4 |
Constitutional Law: Powers of the President Credits: 2 Much more so than the constitutional powers of the federal courts and of congress, the constitutional powers of the president are defined by custom, tradition, and events, and comparatively less by the text of the Constitution. We will look at the powers of early presidents, the expansive claims of executive power of President Lincoln during the Civil War, the development of presidential powers with the rise and expansion of the administrative state, and the growth of the Commander-in-Chief powers since the mid-20th century, among other areas. What constrains the constitutional power of the presidents? Are judicial or congressional checks on presidential power effective? Does the modern era require stronger presidents than the founding era? Do separation of powers systems inevitably devolve into overly powerful presidential managed democracies? Upper class writing credit available. |
Construction Law Credits: 2 |
Consumer Law Credits: 3 |
Copyright & Trademark Credits: 3 |
Corporate Finance Credits: 3 or 4 |
Corporate Reorganization Credits: 2 |
Corporate Tax Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Federal Income Tax. This course focuses on the federal income tax laws relating to the conduct of business in corporate form. It deals with the transactions in which tax considerations are of particular importance in business planning, including the organization of a corporation, the formulation of its capital structure, dividend distributions to shareholders, stock redemptions, sales of stock or assets, liquidations, and corporate reorganizations. |
Corporate Transactions Credits: 2 |
Criminal Law Theory: The Sexual Offenses Credits 2 |
Criminal Procedure: Adjudication Credits: 3 |
Criminal Procedure: Investigation Credits: 4 |
Crisis Management and Lawyers Credits: 2 |
Critical Legal Analysis Credits: 3 Critical Legal Analysis is designed to improve students’ ability to deconstruct legal rules, to explain and evaluate the significance of facts, to thoroughly support conclusions of law, and to effectively organize content. These skills are critical in applying law to the hypothetical questions typical of both law school and bar exams. The hands-on learning methodology used in the course will include in-class analytical and writing work in both individual and group settings. Critical Legal Analysis is a required course for some students. The course helps students develop their legal reasoning and analysis skills and improve their ability to communicate clear and well supported reasoning through legal writing. We work on critical legal reading, identifying legal rules and principles, organized and clear legal writing, using facts appropriately, and much more. |
Current Issues in Bankruptcy Credits: 2 |
Current Issues in Intelligence & National Security Credits: 2 |
Debtor & Injustice Credits: 2 |
Debtor-Creditor Law Credits: 4 |
Doing Business in China: Law & Politics Credits: 3 |
Economic Regulation Credits: 2 |
Education Law Credits: 3 |
Electronic Commerce Credits: 2 |
Employment Discrimination Credits: 3 |
Employment Law Credits: 3 |
Energy, Economics, & the Environment Credits: 2 |
Entertainment Law & Business Credits: 2 |
Environmental Justice Credits: 3 |
Environmental Law Credits: 3 Environmental law in the United States, as a distinct field of legal practice and scholarship, is younger than some of today’s law students and probably most of their teachers and parents, yet it affects profoundly our quality of life, our society, and our economy. This introductory course surveys environmental law through study of a suite of major federal environmental statutes. The evolution and current state of these laws will reveal recurrent themes and problems in the law of environmental protection. The course will also address issues of environmental justice and emerging legal responses to climate change. |
ERISA & Employee Benefits Credits: 3 |
Estates in Land & Future Interests Credits: 1 |
Estate Planning Credits: 2 |
Evidence Credits: 4 |
Experts in Litigation Credits: 2 |
Family Law Credits: 3 or 4 (as designated) |
Family Law ADR Credits: 2 |
Federal Courts Credits: 4 |
Federal Income Tax Credits: 4 |
Federal Jurisdiction Credits: 3 |
Federal Wealth Transfer Taxation & Estate Planning Credits: 2 |
Financial Institutions Law & Regulation Credits: 2 |
Financial Statement Analysis Credits: 2 |
First Amendment Law Credits: 3 |
Foreign Relations & National Security Law Credits: 3 |
Gaming Law Credits: 2 |
Global Business Regulation Credits: 3 |
Global Climate Change: Science, Law, & Economics Credits: 3 |
Health Care Law I Credits: 3 |
Health Care Law II Credits: 3 |
Health Law & Policy Credits: 3 |
History of the Common Law Credits: 3 |
Housing Law and Policy Credits: 3 |
Immigration & Naturalization Law Credits: 3 |
Implicit Bias and the Law Credits: 2 |
Incarceration Policy & Violence Credits: 2 With a growing public interest in finding ways to reduce mass incarceration, it has become increasingly clear that the ability to rapidly reduce the size of the prison population hinges on the way we confront the problems posed by people serving sentences for violent crime. This class will cover the history of policies regarding people who commit violent crime, the nature of violent crime, what is known about people in prison for violence, and the effectiveness of current policies for dealing with them. Students will be responsible for exploring in detail an aspect of this topic of their choosing. Students interested in this class should check with the professor about it before enrolling. |
Insurance Law Credits: 2 |
Intellectual Property Financing Credits: 2 |
International Business Law: Trade, Labor & Human Rights Credits: 3 |
International Business Transactions Credits: 3 |
International Commercial Arbitration Credits: 3 |
International Comparative Jurisprudence: Rights & Sentiments in a Globalizing Legal Culture Credits: 3 |
International Court Advocacy Credits: 2 |
International Development Law & Finance Credits: 3 |
International Human Rights Law Credits: 3 |
International Law & International Legitimacy Credits: 3 |
Internet Law Credits: 2 |
Intro to International Law Credits: 3 |
International Law & International Organizations: Extent & Limits in Support of Human Rights & Global Justice Credits: 3 |
International Legitimacy & Global Justice Credits: 3 |
International Tax Credits: 3 This course focuses on the basics of the U.S. taxation of income from international transactions. The goal is to gain an understanding of the principal statutory and treaty tax rules and concepts that apply to investment and business activity by non-U.S. persons in the United States (“inbound taxation”) and to investment and business activity by U.S. persons abroad (“outbound taxation”). |
International Trade Regulation Credits: 3 |
Internet Legal Policy - Emerging Law & Policy Credits: 2 |
Islamic Jurisprudence Credits: 2 |
Issues in Corporate Governance Credits: 3 |
Jewish Law Credits: 2 |
Jewish Law & Ethics Credits: 2 |
Jurisprudence: Human Rights & Animal Rights Credits: 3 |
Labor Law Credits: 3 |
Land Redevelopment Law Credits: 2 |
Land Use Controls Credits: 3 |
Latinos/as and the Law Credits: 2 Latino/as and the Law addresses the legal norms that have shaped, in part, the experience of Latinos and Latinas in this country. The Latino community in the U.S. has consistently used the courts to ensure equal treatment for all in civil rights and human rights jurisprudence. The modern civil rights era has also impacted upon the actual experience of Latinx and all national minorities in this country. Accordingly, the course will explore legal and public policy concerns in areas such as education, criminal justice, policing, voting and immigration, generally. The learning goals of the course include understanding the contributions Latinx communities have made to the development of U.S. civil rights and human rights norms and appreciating legal regulations at the intersection of Latino identifiers in race, language and national origin with the protections of anti-discrimination laws. |
Law and Economics Credits: 3 |
Law & Mass Communications Credits: 2 |
Law & the Humanities (I and II) Credits: 2 |
Law Revision in New Jersey Credits: 2 |
Law of Democracy: Elections & the Political Process Credits: 3 |
Legal Analysis Credits: 3 |
Legislation Credits: 3 Because most law is rooted in statutes passed by legislatures, every lawyer needs a basic understanding of the law and informal norms governing the creation and application of statutory law. The Legislation course introduces students to the law surrounding legislative bodies and the legislative process, enforcement and application of statutory law by the executive branch, and judicial interpretation of statutes.
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Leiden Study Abroad Credits: 11 |
Media Law and the First Amendment An in-depth look at the development of defamation and privacy law in the United States, New Jersey and New York, largely in the context of classic First Amendment battles over free speech and free press in old-line media and now social media. This will include present-day issues involving liability for misinformation and the continued viability of protections for covering public officials and public issues in cases like New York Times v Sullivan. The class will also cover issues involved with newsgathering and access to information through laws such as FOIA, OPRA and FOIL. Material in the class can also be applied in the employment and commercial litigation contexts. |
Mental Health Law Credits: 3 |
Mergers and Acquisitions Credits: 3 Mergers & acquisitions (M&A) are crucial events for a firm and lawyers are critically involved in various phases of dealmaking: approach, valuation, structuring, negotiation, and execution. The course will analyze contract, corporate, and securities law issues relating to M&A, including important bodies of law such as merger statutes, the Williams Act, proxy rules, fiduciary duties, and appraisal statutes. The course approach is legal, not financial even though certain basic concepts of accounting and finance will be taught. |
Military Law and Justice Credits: 2 |
Municipal Corporations Credits: 2 |
National Security Law Credits: 2 |
New Jersey Practice Credits: 3 |
New Jersey Supreme Court: Powers & Relationships Credits: 3 |
New York Practice Credits: 2 |
Non-Profit Corporations/Tax Exempt Organizations Credits: 2 |
Non-Profit Law Credits: 2 |
The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement Credits: 1 |
Partnership Tax Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Federal Income Tax. This course focuses on the federal income tax treatment of partnerships (including limited liability companies) and partners. It begins with the choice of entity for a new business venture, and then addresses the issues that arise in the formation of a partnership or LLC and in its operation. Covered topics include capital accounts, partnership allocations, contribution of property, partnership liabilities, partner/partnership transactions, sales of partnership interests, distributions to partners, retirement and death of partners, and disguised sales and exchanges. |
Patent Law Credits: 3 or 4 (as designated) |
Patent Litigation Credits: 2 |
Patient-Centered Health Law Credits: 3 |
Pharmaceutical Patent Law Credits: 2 |
Political & Corporate Corruption Law Credits: 2
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Poverty Law Credits: 3 |
Pretrial Criminal Practice Credits: 2 This course will examine the events that happen in the life of a criminal case before that case is finally tried in Court. Specifically, we will examine, inter alia, initial court appearances and arraignments, bail applications, discovery and inspection in criminal cases, criminal pretrial motions, and plea proceedings. While much of the course will look at criminal cases from the perspective of a criminal defendant, certain vital parts of the prosecutor’s role will also be examined, including the filing of criminal complaints, the securing of arrest warrants, Grand Jury procedures, the procurement of search warrants, and the employment of other investigative tools. The aim is that at the end of the course students will have a good idea of how criminal matters are initiated and how they ultimately make their way to a trial by jury. |
Products Liability Credits: 2 or 3 |
Professional & Academic Development Credits: 0 |
Professional Responsibility (2 Credits) Credits: 2 |
Professional Responsibility (3 Credits) Credits: 3 |
Punishment & Sentencing Credits: 3 |
Race, Civil Rights, & Equality Credits: 3 |
Race, Class, & Metropolitan Equity Credits: 3 |
Race, Religion, & Law Credits: 2 |
Real Estate Transactions Credits: 3 |
Refugee Law Credits: 2 |
Regulation of Cryptoassets Credits: 3 The course will begin with a review of technology and consensus protocols, such as proof of work and proof of stake, as well as the variety of regulators that have jurisdiction over digital assets, cryptoasset markets, and their participants. The course will proceed to regulation of banking institutions and payment services, including related cases and administrative actions against crypto and fintech firms. The next part of the course will focus on securities law, the role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the status of issuers offering cryptoassets and cryptoexchanges providing listing services, and related caselaw. The fourth module will be devoted to commodity regulation and the impact of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on cryptoasset markets and their infrastructure. The fifth module will provide an overview of state regulations, and the sixth part of the course will concentrate on the challenges of international regulation, international institutions, and the European Union laws and regulations. |
Regulatory State Credits: 4 |
Remedies Credits: 2 or 3 (as designated) |
Retirement & Welfare Benefit Plans Credits: 3 |
Securities Arbitration Credits: 2 |
Securities Litigation Credits: 2 |
Securities & Capital Market Regulation Credits: 4 |
Sexuality, Gender Identity, & the Law Credits: 3 |
Social Security Law Credits: 3 |
Sports Law Credits: 2 |
State & Local Government Law Credits: 3 |
State & Local Taxation Credits: 2 |
Taxation of Financial Products Credits: 2 |
Taxation of Donative Transfers & Philanthropy Credits: 3 |
Tax Policy Credits: 3 |
Toxic Torts & Toxic Substances Regulation Credits: 3 |
Transitional Justice Credits: 2 |
Transnational Litigation & Dispute Resolution Credits: 2 or 3 (as designated) |
Trusts & Estates Credits: 4 |
White Collar Crime Credits: 2 |
Seminars listed are those that have been offered in the past few years and are likely to be offered again. Seminar offerings change frequently in response to the research activity of individual faculty members and student interest. Prerequisites for individual seminars may be announced by the instructor at the time of registration.
9/11 and Lawfare Credits: 2 |
Advanced Immigration and Citizenship Law Credits: 2 |
Advanced Legal Writing Credits: 2 |
Advanced Mediation Seminar Credits: 2 |
Applied Legal Studies Applied Legal Studies is a skills-development course with the goal of introducing students to the bar review and bar exam process. Its focus is on improving the analytical skills, writing skills, memorization skills, and the self-assessment skills needed to do well on bar exam questions, especially essay questions and the multistate practice test. While the course integrates some of the legal topics covered on the bar exam, the goal of the course is not to provide a review of the substantive material typically studied in preparation for a bar exam. The law we cover will mostly be used as a vehicle for learning the skills necessary to memorize the law and answer essay questions. |
Art Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Banking Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Business Ethics for Lawyers Credits: 2 Whether working at a law firm, government agency, non-profit, in-house or other organization, lawyers face ethical and moral dilemmas and special challenges in the practice of law. This business ethics course is designed to bridge the gap between personal moral choices and the business and legal challenges faced by working attorneys. As part of that focus, we will explore dilemmas in navigating ambiguous rules, the adversarial system and the pressures of modern practice, using real-life scenarios and current legal issues. Topics such as ethical decision-making, philosophical ethics, organizational culture, behavioral legal ethics and the interplay between moral principles and the law, will be examined. The goal of the course is to help you identify, understand and resolve ethical and moral issues in a rational, pragmatic and responsible manner in your professional and personal lives. This course includes a student paper, which may be used to satisfy the Graduation Writing Requirement with the prior written permission of the instructor. |
Business Planning Seminar Credits: 2 |
Child Migration & U.S. Immigration Policy Credits: 2 or 3* |
Child Welfare System Seminar Credits: 2 |
Children & the Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Choice of Law Credits: 2 |
Citizens & Policing Credits: 2 |
Civil/Human Rights Lawyering Credits: 2 |
Cognitive Psychology for Lawyers Seminar Credits: 2 |
Comparative Corporate Governance Seminar Credits: 2 |
Comparative Law and Jurisprudence: Rights in a Globalizing Legal Culture Credits: 3 |
Computer Crimes Seminar Credits: 2 |
Confinement, Reentry, & Policy Seminar Credits: 2 |
Constitution and Social Inequality Credits: 2 |
Constitutional Theory Seminar Credits: 3 This seminar focuses on constitutional theory and its use in litigation, judicial decisions, legislation, and executive action. Students will learn to effectively weave constitutional theory into their own legal arguments. Topics will include judicial review, court reform, stare decisis, religion, and equality. Perspectives will include originalism and living constitutionalism, pragmatism and legal realism, feminism, and critical race theory. Readings will include recent U.S. Supreme Court opinions, as well as scholarly articles by Amy Coney Barrett, Stephen Breyer, and a diverse array of scholars. |
Consumer Finance Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Corporate Compliance & Enterprise Risk Management Credits: 3 |
Corporate Governance Credits: 3 |
Corporate Social Responsibility Seminar Credits: 2 |
Criminal Law Theory Seminar Credits 2 |
Critical Race Theory Credits: 2 |
Cuba Legal Field Study Credits: 2 |
Cultural Heritage Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Cybersecurity & Data Protection Credits: 2 |
Developing a Solo or Small Firm Practice Seminar Credits: 2 |
Education Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Elder Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Election Law and Political Process Seminar Credits: 2 A practicum on the law of the political process and democratic self-government, including matters such as voting rights, election law, and campaign finance law. Topics covered include the constitutional aspects of the right to vote, including voter eligibility; legislative redistricting; campaign practices (including campaign finance); administration of the voting process (including rules for voter eligibility, casting, counting, and recounting of ballots, and judicial contests of election results); the path to constitutional amendments; and election reform and modernization. Throughout the course, we will consider the various roles that lawyers play in political advocacy, and the value of movement lawyering.
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Federalism Seminar Credits: 2 |
Financial Crisis Seminar Credits: 2 |
Financial Institutions Seminar Credits: 2 |
Financial Regulations and Innovations Credits: 3 The Financial Regulation and Innovations course introduces students to the system of institutions and regulations in the financial sector. A part of the course focuses on cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and cutting-edge fintech developments. The course covers a broad range of subject areas, including jurisdictional issues, practical regulatory requirements, and obligations imposed on traditional financial institutions and fintech firms. Students will discuss institutions such as financial holding companies, the Federal Reserve System of the United States, broker-dealers, shadow banking firms, derivatives markets, asset managers, and money markets. Students will also examine the regulation of systemic risk, the functions of market makers and exchanges, the basic concepts of crypto-exchange trading, the regulation of investment advisors, the major developments in traditional and innovative payment systems, the duties and structure of mutual funds, and the regulation of business conduct and market integrity of various institutions in securities, derivatives, and crypto asset markets. The course is designed for students preparing to practice business law, including financial transactions, federal securities regulation, banking law, international and cross-border financial regulation, regulation of fintech and crypto-firms, and derivatives regulation. |
Frontiers of Civil Rights Credits: 2 |
Gender & the Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Gender, Gender Identity, Sexuality, & the Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Global Labor Rights Seminar Credits: 2 |
Hedge Fund & Investment Adviser Seminar Credits: 2 |
History of American Corporate Governance Seminar Credits: 2 |
Human Rights Seminar Credits: 2 This seminar explores the law, theory, and practice of international human rights law, with the goal to provide students with an informed and critical perspective on some of the most pressing issues that human rights law face today. We will review the history and evolution of the international human rights project, the expansion of human rights norms, and the challenges that current events pose to such project, in the United States and elsewhere. |
Human Trafficking Seminar Credits: 2 |
Immigration Policy Seminar Credits: 2 |
Institutional Reform Litigation Seminar Credits: 2 |
International Criminal Law Credits: 2 |
International Law & Terrorism Seminar Credits: 2 |
International Women’s Human Rights Seminar Credits: 2 |
Internet Law Credits: 2 |
Internet Litigation Seminar Credits: 2 |
Islam, Secularism, & Human Rights Seminar Credits: 2 |
Issues in Higher Education Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Judicial Valuation Seminar Credits: 2 |
Justice in the Age of AI Credits: 2 Increasingly, the world is influenced by algorithms used in the many applications we have grown to rely on for work and play. The use of enhanced computing and predictive analytics has transformed our economy and changed our daily lives. There are tremendous opportunities developing from artificial intelligence, big data and algorithms. As a result, we are collectively driven to advance the use of algorithms and associated technologies toward the goal of a more just and dynamic society. The legal profession has a responsibility to be at the forefront of this revolution. This seminar examines a broad range of legal and policy challenges posed by algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and other emergent technologies. This includes regulatory stress on existing frameworks designed to ensure opportunity, nondiscrimination, competition, and justice. Through assigned readings, weekly discussion, and engagement with experts, students will explore the many promises and perils of algorithms and AI. |
Jurisprudence Credits: 2 |
Law Against Torture Seminar Credits: 2 |
Law & Finance of Mergers & Acquisitions Seminar Credits: 2 |
Law & Public Policy Seminar Credits: 2 |
Law and Religion Seminar Credits: 2 |
Law of War Seminar Credits: 2 |
Law, the Holocaust, and Genocide Prevention Credits: 2 Law, the Holocaust, and Genocide Prevention, will study the role of law and lawyers and judges in both facilitating genocide and investigating and prosecuting it. We will examine the persecution of the Jewish communities in Nazi Germany and the participation of lawyers in the planning and execution of the so-called Final Solution. We will then focus on the Nuremberg international tribunal established by the United States, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union to prosecute and punish major war criminals of the European Axis powers. Students will study the case brought against Nazi leaders prosecuted by Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, and the role of military lawyers in prosecuting and defending Nazis accused of war crimes. The course will then turn to an examination of the efforts since World War Two to define genocide as a crime, to study and identify the root causes of genocide, and to prosecute and prevent it. The Cambodian, Rwandan, and Serbian cases will be examined. The course will be driven by readings, class discussion and student presentations. Students may opt to fulfill the writing requirement. By the end of the semester, students will understand legal concepts related to international law, military commissions and genocide, and strengthen skills related to legal analysis and reasoning and real-world problem-solving. |
Lawyers in Fiction Seminar Credits: 2 |
Low Income Housing Seminar Credits: 2 The Low Income Housing Seminar critically explores the ways in which we provide housing for the families and individuals with income substantially below the median income of the United States. The seminar explores both the private and publci methods of providing such housing, from the private rental market to privately-provided housing using a variety of public subsidies to public housing. The seminar looks at the interplay between income and race, and the impact of discrimination on housing opportunities and on homelessness. Because of the crisis created by the Covid-19 virus, the Fall 2020 seminar will emphasize the impact of the crisis on low-income housing. Each student will be expected to write a paper on some aspect of the Covid-19 crisis and the impact of the crisis on low -income housing and families and individuals.This seminar is an Upper Level Intensive Writing Seminar for all enrolled students and will satisfy one of the two intensive writing experiences required of each student after completion of the required courses. |
Mastering Appellate Advocacy Credits: 2 This course, open to members of the Rutgers's national appellate advocacy team, will focus on sharpening written and oral appellate advocacy skills with a focus on U.S. Supreme Court litigation. This intensive skills course involves drafting a full merits brief in a current U.S. Supreme Court case, writing workshops, and oral advocacy exercises honing oral advocacy skills. Students will learn the practical details of appellate advocacy by examining appellate briefs from some of the nation's top appellate advocates and analyzing appellate arguments by U.S. Supreme Court practitioners |
Moral Puzzles of Criminal Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Patient Centered Health Law Credits: 2 This course provides a foundation in the basic tenets of Autonomy and Informed Consent, Privacy, Confidentiality, Provider Ethics and Liability, End of Life Decision-making, Withdrawal of Treatment, Capacity, Mental Health, Guardianship and Special Medical Guardianship, as well as other health law and bioethics related topics by means of readings, lectures and presentations from instructors, and potentially practitioners in the fields of medicine, health law, public health, bioethics and allied fields. Students will be expected to be actively engaged in class discussions. Evaluation will be based on class participation, mock case consultation scenarios in which each student shall play the role of counsel or co-counsel at least once, current event analysis and presentation, and a paper that will be presented to the class.
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Police Misconduct Law and Policy Credits: 2 This seminar will address numerous legal and policy issues at the heart of modern controversies in American policing. In particular, we will study tools commonly used to combat alleged police misconduct, including class actions, criminal prosecutions, anti-discrimination legislation, and investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice. Case studies will include the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program, the suspicionless surveillance of Muslim communities in New Jersey and New York, and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the deaths of unarmed civilians in Ferguson and Baltimore. |
Pretrial Justice Reform Seminar Credits: 2 |
Problem Solving Justice Seminar Credits: 2 |
Property, Race, and Social Identity Credits: 2 |
Public Education Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Public Finance & Social Infrastructure Seminar Credits: 2 |
Public Interest Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Race, Gender, & Tort Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Race, Law, & Politics Seminar Credits: 2 |
Role of the General Counsel Seminar Credits: 2 |
Science & International Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Second Amendment Seminar Credits: 2 |
Sentencing and the Criminal Justice System Credits: 2 |
Sex Discrimination Seminar Credits: 2 |
Social Media and Terrorism Credits: 2 This course will examine the impact of international and U.S law on the content of social media. The use of platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter by ISIS and like-minded groups has raised many challenging questions regarding the repercussions of extreme speech across borders. Among other factors, the proliferation of social media has exposed the limits of unilateral content legislation and put the struggle to accommodate competing interests of free speech, privacy and security in stark relief. Further, the anonymity afforded by social media has made ‘extreme’ speech and incitement of violence effortless and, in some cases, beyond the realms of traditional law. The aim of this course is to examine the need for a fresh approach and the potential role technology may play in curbing extreme speech. |
South African Constitutional Law Credits: 2 |
Special Education Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
State & Local Government Credits: 2 |
State & Local Government Law Credits: 3 |
The Thirteenth Amendment: Past, Present, and Future Credits: 2 |
Trump and the Law Seminar 2 Credits Is Donald Trump a threat to the rule of law? Is the Trump presidency an extraordinary event or the product of long term trends in American law and politics? How has the Trump presidency shaped law in the United States? What comes after Trump? This two-credit seminar will explore the rise of Trumpism, the major legal controversies of the Trump administration, and Trump's impact on American law via readings in law, political science, and political theory. Students will be required to complete a series of brief response papers and a 7,500 word seminar paper. |
U.S. Legal Thought Seminar Credits: 2 |
Urban Law & Policy Seminar Credits: 2 |
Van-dwelling and the Law Seminar Credits: 2 This law and society seminar will explore the legal issues related to the growing van-dwelling movement. The seminar will explore the economic, housing, environmental and other factors that have fueled the movement as well as the opportunities presented by the internet and the gig economy that have enabled millions of Americans to move into vehicles. Legal topics covered will include land use laws such as those governing open lands, labor laws governing the gig and mobile work economy, social security law and laws pertaining to privacy. Students will write a paper and make a class presentation. Students may elect to write a paper of sufficient length and depth to satisfy the writing requirement, but this is not required for the seminar. |
Wrongful Convictions Credits: 2 |
Youth, Rights, and Race Seminar Credits: 2 |
Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis Credits: 3 |
Administrative Law Research Credits: 1 |
Advanced Intellectual Property Credits: 2 |
Advanced Legal Research Credits: 2 The objective of this seminar is to give students an in-depth knowledge of general legal research tools and a good working knowledge of advanced legal research tools available in a variety of areas of practice. By the end of the course, students will be able to identify pertinent primary and secondary sources and will be able to choose the best sources given practical considerations of time, cost, and availability of sources. Both online and hard copy resources will be examined. |
Advanced Legislative Research Credits: 1 |
Advanced Topics in Criminal Law Seminar Credits: 2 |
Advanced Trial Practice Credits: 2 |
Advocacy in International Law Credits: 2
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Alternative Dispute Resolution Credits: 3 |
Anatomy of a Civil Case Credits: 2 |
Antitrust Practicum Credits: 1 |
Appellate Advocacy Credits: 3 |
Appellate Advocacy Strategies Credits: 2 |
Assisted Reproduction Credits: 2 |
Business Immigration Law and Skills Credits: 2 |
Child Welfare Law Credit: 2 The child welfare law seminar will focus on the history of child welfare law in this country both at the federal and state level. Students will read federal and state statutes and regulations, case law, and a variety of law review articles and reports concerning the current state of our child welfare systems. The seminar will explore the leading federal legislation over the last fifty years, as well as different trends and issues with regard to child welfare systems, including the disproportionately of children and families of color involved with our child welfare systems , the special needs of older and young children in foster care, special protections for Native American children, and the intersection of immigration law and child welfare law. When this seminar is taught as a skills course, students also will study the attorney/child client relationship, particularly an attorney's obligation under Rule 1.14, how to interview a child client, and the anatomy of either a child abuse and neglect fact-finding hearing or a termination of parental rights trial. There will be a take-home final worth 50% of the grade. The other 50% of a student's grade will be based upon several skills exercises, short reflection papers, and class participation. |
Civil Litigation Practice and Strategy Credit: 2 |
Consumer Fraud Act Litigation Credits: 2 |
Contract Drafting & Negotiation Credits: 2 |
Corporate & Commercial Mediation Credits: 2 |
Criminal Motion Practice Credits: 2 |
Criminal Trial Presentation Credits: 2 |
Discovery & Pretrial Process Credits: 2 |
Domestic Violence Seminar Credits: 2 |
Drafting Entertainment & IP Contracts Credits: 2 This course will concentrate on contract drafting relating to both the entertainment industry and intellectual property transactions generally. We will explore the key elements of contract drafting and the relationship between the business transaction and the contract which accurately reflects the parties’ understanding. Students will learn the skills of how to draft and recognize nuances in language that change the deal, how to discern and resolve business issues and the basics of licensing, work for hire, and option agreements. By the end of this course, students should be able to identify, understand, analyze, and propose solutions to the most common issues that arise in the day-to-day practice of entertainment and IP transactional law. It would be helpful, but not essential, if the student has previously taken a course in copyright or trademark law. |
Elder Law Credits: 2 |
Electronic Discovery Credits: 2 |
Emerging Tools and Technologies in Legal Practice Credits: 2 |
Employment Litigation Skills Credits: 2 |
Evidentiary Issues at Trial Credits: 2 |
Fact Investigation Credits: 3 |
First Amendment & Free Expression Credits: 2 |
Food & Drug Regulation Law Credits: 3 |
Government Affairs & Lobbying Credits: 2 In this course, students will be exposed to the role of the lawyer-lobbyist in policymaking on the state and local level. Students will gain a core understanding of government affairs and procedures, as well as the advocacy and lobbying tools and strategies needed in order to have an impact on public policy. Students will practice advocacy and writing skills through exercises and assignments and will meet with lobbyists and elected officials. |
Foreign, Comparative, & International Legal Research Credits: 1 |
Intensive Criminal Trial Advocacy Credits: 2 |
Intensive Deposition Advocacy Credits: 2 |
Intensive Trial Advocacy Credits: 2 Prerequisite: Evidence This skills course will focus on the procedure, strategy, and evidentiary issues involved in presenting a case to a jury, whether in the civil or criminal context. Course will include lectures, discussion workshops, and practical skills workshops in a mock trial setting.
Students who have taken Trial Presentation may not take this course. |
International Alternative Dispute Resolution Credits: 2 |
International Court Advocacy Credits: 2 The course will focus on the sources of international law and their application in addressing world order problems. In particular, we will explore legal research methods, legal writing and oral advocacy skills in the area of public international law, such as preparation of written petitions and memorials, presentation of oral arguments, and general international lawyering skills. These skills will be explored through various exercises (both written and oral) which will be both conducted prior to and during class. Students participating in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition are required to take this course. |
Labor & Employment Arbitration Seminar Credits: 2 |
Labor Negotiations Seminar Credits: 2 |
Law of the Sea Credits: 2 |
Legislative Advocacy Credits: 2 |
Legislative Drafting Credits: 2 |
Legislative Research Credit: 1 |
Mastering Trial Advocacy Skills II Credits: 2 Mastering Trial Advocacy I and II are advanced trial practice courses open only to members of the National Mock Trial Team. The courses focus on preparing and presentinga case at trial, including analyzing and developing legal, factual and persuasive theories of the case for trial by critically examining key evidence and facts in the context of the controlling law; advocating persuasively in the courtroom; evaluating evidential issues involved in the case by determining relevant Federal Rules of Evidence and applying them to the facts of the case, structuring the presentation of evidence at trial to use the Federal Rules of Evidence as tools of persuasion by learning to formulate and make appropriate objections and responses to objections; conducting persuasive direct and cross examinations; crafting and presenting; conducting witness preparation consistent with effective advocacy and the Rules of Professional Conduct, and conducting a full trial of a case. The course will provide participants with significant opportunities to perform in a simulated trial setting, followed by individual faculty critique. These performance exercises will be supplemented with lectures on specific issues relating to effective trial practice. Mastering Trial Ad I is a prerequisite to Mastering Trial Ad II. Evidence is co-requisite of Mastering Trial Ad I and a prerequisite of Trial Ad II. |
Matrimonial Litigation Credits: 2 |
Mediation Credits: 2 or 3 (as designated) |
Mediation Skills Practicum Credits: 2 credits |
National Security National Security Credits: 4 This course will explore the ways in which terrorism has challenged the traditional legal constructs of international and domestic law designed to protect national security. It will begin with an historical discussion of the evolution of the international law of sovereignty and war, the doctrine of posse comitatus, and the type of terrorism that has led to today’s war on terror. It will proceed to examine the ways in which acts of terror were handled pre-and-post 9/11, including the passage and implementation of the Patriot Act, the designation of detained individuals as enemy combatants, the use of immigration laws and material witness statutes to detain individuals, and the respective roles of domestic lawmakers and courts, international alliances, and the United Nations in conducting the war on terror. |
Negotiations Credits: 3 |
New Jersey Practice Skills Credits: 2 |
New York Legal Research Credits: 1 |
Patent Claim Drafting Credits: 2 |
Personal Injury Litigation Skills Credits: 2 |
Policing the City Credits: 1 |
Practice Ready: Family Law Credits: 2 |
Residential Landlord-Tenant/Housing Law Credits: 2 |
School Law Credits: 2 |
Spanish for Lawyers The course provides students the opportunity to improve their personal and professional Spanish proficiency so that they can provide effective legal representation to their future or current Spanish-speaking clients. Throughout the course, students will acquire the skills necessary to conduct attorney-client interviews in Spanish; counsel Spanish-speaking clients living in the United States (monolingual and Spanglish speakers); and overcome the obstacles that prevent effective communication with Spanish-speaking clients in a legal setting (e.g. cultural differences, regional language usage, and legal systems variations). The course relies on extensive simulations, exercises, and discussions through which students will strengthen their speaking and comprehension abilities. After completing the course, students will be familiarized with Spanish legal terminology in a variety of practice settings such as criminal and civil procedure, immigration, domestic relations, and criminal law. |
Trade Secrets Credits: 2 This course will examine both the theoretical underpinnings of trade secret law and the practicalities of trade secret litigation. We will survey the sources of trade secret law (including the newly-enacted federal Defend Trade Secrets Act), compare trade secrets with other forms of intellectual property, consider the contexts in which trade secret issues arise - with special focus on the employee/employer context of non-compete cases - and explore litigation strategies from both offensive and defensive standpoints. This will be writing intensive course that provides practical litigation skills. |
Transactional Competition Course Credits: 2 |
Transactions Credits: 3 or 4 (as designated) |
Trial Advocacy Strategies Credits 2 |
Trial Presentation Credits: 2 or 3 (as designated) Students who have taken Intensive Trial Advocacy may not take this course. |
Child Advocacy Clinic Credits: 8 |
Civil Justice Clinic Credits: 8
Clinic students perform various forms of community outreach by making presentations to veterans’ groups and by aiding pro se litigants in divorce and consumer law clinics. |
Community and Transactional Lawyering Clinic Credits: 6 (Part-time students) or 8 (Full-time students) |
Constitutional Rights Clinic Credits: 8
In cooperation with the ACLU of New Jersey, the clinic regularly files 10 or more amicus curiae briefs each year in the New Jersey Supreme Court or Appellate Division on a variety of civil liberties cases. Clinic students may also work on international human rights cases in conjunction with the International Human Rights Clinic. |
Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic Credits: 8 |
Education and Health Law Clinic Credits: 6 |
Entrepreneurship Clinic Credits: 4 The Clinic provides counseling and representation on such matters as: pre-venture activities; business planning; entity selection (e.g., whether to incorporate, form a partnership, create a limited liability company); negotiating, drafting, and reviewing agreements; management and transparency-in-governance issues; capital structure, valuation, and finance; intellectual property; ongoing entrepreneurial and business activities; particular issues relevant to non-profits; employee management issues; and community relations issues. Working on teams under the supervision of a faculty member, students will be responsible for maintaining relationships with their clients and the client files; reviewing clients’ business models and developing work plans to meet the clients’ needs; recording time, undertaking research, and participating in firm and team meetings (including weekly “case rounds” in which students discuss their cases). A weekly seminar will supplement the work representing clients. Its objective is to provide an overview of the critical concepts, perspectives, and skills necessary for the successful practice of transactional law. The seminar will cover entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship law, case management, client interactions, professional responsibility, transactional lawyering, forming a business, financing/funding a business, contract negotiation and drafting, building a business brand, and protecting intellectual property. Priority will be given to evening students. Students are precluded from taking both the Entrepreneurship Clinic and the Community and Transactional Lawyering Clinc. |
Federal Tax Law Clinic Credits: 6 |
Immigrant Rights Clinic Credits: 8 |
Intellectual Property Law Clinic Credits: 6 (Part-time students) or 8 (Full-time students) |
International Human Rights Clinic Credits: 8 Illustrative examples of international human rights projects include:
Students enrolled in this clinic will also work on amicus briefs in cases pending in both New Jersey and throughout the United States to inform courts about international human rights issues related to cases pending before those courts, prepare for bi-annual meetings with the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights and the U.S. State Department on the U.S.’s implementation process of human rights treaties, and work on impact litigation and other advocacy work related to human trafficking, which has been called “modern slavery” by the U.S. government, as well as by other nations. |
Rutgers Law Review Credits: 1 per year |
Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal Credits: 1 per year |
Women’s Rights Law Reporter Credits: 1 per year |
Rutgers Race and the Law Review Credits: 1 per year |
Rutgers Law Record Credits: 1 per year |
International Moot Court Competition Credits: 2 |
Interscholastic Moot Court Competition Credits: 1 |
Intramural Mock Trial Competition Credits: 1 |
Intramural Moot Court Competition Credits: 1 |
Moot Court Board Credits: 1 or 2 per term; 6 maximum |
National Mock Trial Team Credits: 2 |
National Moot Court Team Credits: 2 |
Attorney General Externship Credits: 3 |
Federal Public Defender Externship Credits: 3 |
Field Placement Credits: 2 or 3 |
Immigration Law Externship Credits: 2 |
Intellectual Property Externship Credits: 2 |
Judicial Externship Credits: 2 or 3 |
National Labor Relations Board Externship Credits: 3 |
Independent Research Credits: 1 to 3 |
Research Assistant Credits: 1 to 3 |
Rutgers Teaching Associate Credits: 3 for two-semester commitment |
Teaching Assistant Credits: 1 to 3 |
Any Rutgers Law School student may take up to six credits (and occasionally nine credits) of graduate-level courses at other Rutgers divisions for credit toward a J.D. degree. Interdisciplinary credit is intended to permit students to relate law to some other field of inquiry, not to acquire instruction in legal subjects outside the environment of the law school. Therefore, courses must meet two criteria to be approved: (1) the course must be reasonably related to the law; and (2) the course may not duplicate a course offered in the law school curriculum. See Dean Rothman prior to registering for information and advance approval.
Students may also take courses at other Rutgers divisions on a not-for-credit basis. Note that the course-load limitation (up to 6 credits unless special permission has been obtained) applies as well to interdisciplinary courses, regardless of whether they are taken for credit. Advance approval is required.
Study Abroad at Leiden University – A Law Semester in The Netherlands
The Faculty of Law at Leiden University in the Netherlands offers the Leiden Law Course Program (LLC) for law students from other European countries and the United States. The LLC curriculum is designed and taught by the Leiden faculty as an integral part of its enterprise. Most of the faculty come from the School of Law, but members of the political science and economics faculties also teach in the program.
Overview – Leiden University
Founded in 1575, Leiden University was the first university in the Netherlands and has since become home to over 18,000 students enrolled in 46 bachelor’s programs and 70 master’s programs. There are over 5,000 students in the Faculty of Law. Leiden has the largest and perhaps most prestigious law faculty in the Netherlands. One of its strengths is international law.
Since 1989, Leiden University’s Faculty of Law has been offering courses in English to law students from around the world. Most of the students who take these courses, collectively called Leiden Law Courses, are students from other Western European countries, or from the United States. Some of the students are Dutch law students whose international concentration requires that they take some of their electives in English. At Leiden, one's classmates are as likely to be from Spain and Germany as from Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
The LLC’s offerings focus on international law, comparative law, legal history, the law of the European Union, and law and economics in the international context. Accordingly, the program should be of particular interest to students who look toward practicing in the areas of international business transactions, international trade regulation, and public international law.
No language requirements. All instruction is in English.
Admission, Course of Study, Calendar, and Degree Credit
The law school seeks to enroll between two and five students per year in the Leiden Law Program. Selection decisions are made by a committee that includes the Leiden Program Director. Applicants should have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.200. Students who wish to apply should submit a letter.
This letter should explain their interest in the Leiden Law Program, provide a detailed and specific statement of their educational objectives, and include a listing of the classes they wish to take. A current resume, law school transcript and a letter of recommendation from a faculty member will also be required. Interviews may be conducted at the committee’s discretion. Application materials should be submitted to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs in Newark (Sarah Regina – sarah.regina@law.rutgers.edu).
Rutgers students are eligible for classes held in the spring semester. The Leiden semester is divided into two terms; the first term usually runs from early February through the end of March and the second term runs from April through early June. Students are required to take classes in both terms. The number of class meeting hours varies from course to course. Reading loads vary from 400 to 1,200 pages.
Depending on the student’s course selection, the term can end at any time from the beginning of May to the end of June.
Term of Schedule
Students choosing to study at Leiden can opt to attend the university for the full academic year or for one semester in the fall or spring.
Fall Semester | Semester begins end of August. Orientation in mid to late August. |
Spring Semester | End of January to end of May |
Full Year | Begins mid-August to the end of May until coursework is completed |
The course schedule can be found on Leiden’s website (https://studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/en/courses/exchange/recht-en-bestuur). The mode of instruction at Leiden differs from the practice in American law schools. It contemplates a greater proportion of student time spent on outside reading and writing and a lesser proportion spent sitting in class than is the case with legal education here.
The Leiden Program Director will have final say in approving a program that justifies 11 semester credits for work done in Leiden. Rutgers students must take four substantial LLC courses to earn 11 credits. In addition, in order to make up for the shortened instructional period caused by the change in academic calendar, students must enroll in at least one Independent Research credit here at Rutgers and produce a paper on a topic approved by the Leiden academic adviser. Students are also required to visit at least two legal institutions in The Netherlands as part of their academic program.
Students will register here for a Leiden semester and then depart for Leiden and register again there for a course of study approved in advance at Rutgers. Degree credit will be awarded only for courses taken with prior approval here. Programs and credit loads are worked out on an individual basis by each participating student and the Leiden Program Director.
Leiden grades students on a scale of one to 10, with six being the lowest passing grade. This is a tough grading system, but Rutgers students have done very well. Indeed, the Leiden faculty generally has been pleased with the quality of the work done by American students. But there have been some failures. Their system, however, allows for second chances through re-examination. Our rule respecting degree credit and Leiden grades is as follows: Students must attain an average of 6.5 or better in their Leiden coursework to receive credit for the semester.
Tuition, Expenses, and Housing
Students pay Leiden University’s tuition and feeds in Euros.
Students must also enroll in at least one unscheduled credit at Rutgers, which may be journal credits, independent research, etc., for which they must pay the applicable per credit tuition rate to the University. Related Rutgers student fees will be assessed as well.
Foreign students studying at Leiden are required to apply for a residence permit; the fee for applying for such a permit is approximately 600 Euros. Medical insurance is also required and is arranged here through the University. The policy costs about $150 and pays medical expenses up to $100,000 with no deductible.
Leiden Law Study Abroad Requirements
The Leiden Study Abroad Program provides students with a unique opportunity to study at one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Europe, and to study various aspects of international law with students from all over the world. However, students selected to participate in the law school’s Leiden Study Abroad Program and must meet and/or comply with the following special requirements:
- Achieve a cumulate GPA of 6.5 in Leiden coursework to receive credit for the semester.
- Attend classes for a minimum of 13 weeks; courses must be taken in both the first & second term of the spring semester, 2 course per term or a total of 4 courses.
- Email Professor Jean-Marc Coicaud (jeanmarc.coicaud@rutgers.edu) with the courses selected during Leiden registration process. Professor Coicaud must prep-approve all course selections for both terms.
- Email Professor Coicaud a copy of the syllabus for each course taken and a copy of all written assignments submitted.
- Email Professor Coicaud a copy of the paper written for independent student (if any) associated with the semester in Leiden.
- Visit at least two Dutch or international legal institutions and write a short (one page) report on each providing a description of the institution and the proceedings.
- Be responsible for all expenses incurred while studying in Leiden. Rutgers will wire financial aid funds to Leiden to cover tuition charges. Participants will receive any excess funds in a refund which should be used to cover living and travel expenses.
Leiden as a Cultural Experience
A picturesque Dutch town, Leiden is located in the center of the Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Hague urban triangle. With a fascinating blend of old and modern architecture, the inner city is largely unchanged over the last two centuries, containing some 1200 buildings of historic interest, many located alongside the town's picturesque canals. In the center of the tulip growing district, its canals, parks and gardens are regularly enjoyed by its residents through morning, midafternoon and evening strolls.
Leiden played a key role in the Eighty Years War of the 16th century when the Dutch won their independence from Spanish rule. Threatened with siege and starvation, the people nonetheless kept their city from the Spanish until rescued by Prince William of Orange on October 3, 1574. As a reward, William established the University of Leiden the following year. It has been considered since then a seat of international culture. The Pilgrims spent eleven years in Leiden before going to Plymouth, England where many set sail for America shortly thereafter.
A unique aspect of Leiden University is that it has no main campus, rather its buildings are scattered throughout Leiden with most located in the historic inner city. The Gravensteen, a former palace and prison, is the oldest building of the Law Faculty and dates from the 13th century. A new Law Center has been built which contains faculty offices, classrooms, and computer facilities, library, cafeteria and café, bookstore, and copy services.
Leiden is a student-town with an abundance of low-cost entertainment. Connecticut students have found it to be friendly and affordable. Leiden University's many student clubs make finding Dutch activities, be they athletic, social or cultural, quite easy.
Leiden Law School (Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid)
Ms. drs. M. Dirven (Magali)
Kamerlingh Onnes Building
Steenschuur 25, room C031
Phone: 001-31-71527-7609
E-mail: exchange@law.leidenuniv.nl
• Office for International Education (room C031)
Mon-Fri: 10.00-12.30&13.30-16.00
+31(0)7152787 87
info@law.leidenuniv.nl
www.law.leiden.edu
Useful additional information and links:
Different Offices/Campus Map: http://media.leidenuniv.nl/legacy/who-do-i-see.pdf
Study in Leiden: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/about-us/international-profile/stud...
You can choose a non-degree programme, the Study Abroad in Leiden Program, which allows Study Abroad and exchange students from universities around the world to study in Leiden for one or two semesters.
Exchange program: http://www.prospectivestudents.leiden.edu/study-abroad-exchange
Master in Law programs for international students: http://en.mastersinleiden.nl/programmes/about/law-and-public-administrat...
Summer school: http://summerschool.universiteitleiden.nl/courses/interest/law